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Ice and Stone 2020 Companion Glossary

Alan Hale March 25, 2020

We hope you are enjoying reading the weekly Ice and Stone 2020 content from astronomer Alan Hale. For those who might not be as versed in astronomy terms, he’s put together this glossary of technical terms, many of which are regularly used within the weekly educational content. A Absolute magnitude: for a comet or asteroid, …

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Asteroid discovered inside orbit of Venus

Alan Hale January 9, 2020

While, strictly speaking, it is not a “near-Earth” asteroid, an important asteroid has been discovered since I first put up this presentation. On January 4, 2020, the Zwicky Transient Facility survey, based at Palomar Observatory in California, discovered an 18th-magnitude object which was formally designated as 2020 AV2 when its discovery was announced on January …

Psyche visit of a metal world may reveal mysteries of Earth’s interior

Tiangong station gives China continuous presence in orbit

First launch of SpaceX’s Starship was a successful failure

ESA’s Juice lifts off to probe secrets of Jupiter’s icy moons

NASA announces Artemis II crew as rocket’s core stage completes assembly

Relativity Space launches Terran 1, world’s first 3D printed rocket

Orion takes a selfie on way to Sunday splashdown

Artemis era is underway as test flight launches to the Moon

Artemis 1: Here’s what to expect and why it’s important

Who is Artemis? Ancient lunar goddess turned feminist icon

Bonus Content

Ice and Stone 2020 Companion Glossary

Asteroid discovered inside orbit of Venus

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